When the mind is otherwise engaged: resource depletion and social stereotyping

✍ Scribed by Louise Pendry

• Book ID: 101275869
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 111 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0046-2772
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199803/04)28:2<293::aid-ejsp869>3.0.co;2-7

✦ Synopsis

This study investigated the eects of resource depletion on stereotyping. Participants were instructed to form an impression of a target, and whilst performing this task, they overheard a tape-recorded conversation. The conversation was manipulated so that it was more or less relevant to the participants. Results in general supported the prediction that when participants eavesdrop on a relevant conversation, attentional capacity will be diminished, and target evaluations will be stereotypic in implication. Findings are discussed in terms of contemporary treatments of stereotyping.